Cluster-setting for rings, brooches, or the like.



No 786,022 PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

r. W. ROHDE. CLUSTER SETTING FOR RINGS, BROOGHES', OR THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Tn: NORRIS PETERS cc. PHcTO-uma, WASHINGYON, D c.

UNITED STATES Patented August 11, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

FREDERICK W. ROHDE, 'OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,022, dated August11, 1903. Application filed May 14, 1903. alarm. 157,071. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. ROHDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cluster-Settingsfor Rings, Brooches, or the Like, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itap pertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved cluster-settingfor rings, brooches, and the like, which is composed of two separateparts, whereby different material may be employed in the construction ofthe setting; and with these and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a cluster-setting of the class specified constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure l is a plan view of my improvedcluster-setting on an enlarged scale; Fig. 2, a side view showing thesetting applied to a ring; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of the setting;Fig. 4, a plan view of the crown-piece of the setting; Fig. 5, a planview ofthe basepiece of the setting; Fig. 6, a side View of thecrown-piece of the setting, and Fig. 7 a side view of the base-piece ofthe setting.

In the practice of my invention I provide a cluster-setting of the classspecified which comprises a base-piece a and a crown-piece h, and thebase-piece a is. circular in general form, so as to form a centralcircular opening a and said base piece is provided withradially-arranged and upwardly-curved fingers of, connected at the baseby curved members (1 so as to form spaces a between the tingers a whichare V-shaped in general form.

The crown-piece b is also circular in general form, so as to form acentral circular opening or space 5 and said crown-piece is alsoprovided with radially-arranged arms b which are preferably slightlyinclined downwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, and the ends of whichare provided with knobs or heads I)", having laterally, downwardly, and

inwardly curved fingers b and between the arms b are spaces b the innerand side walls of which are curved, as shown at 17 In practice thecrown-piece b is set into the base-piece a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,and the fingers b of the crown-piece rest on the sidesof the fingers aof the base-piece, as shown at c, and are secured thereto by solderingor in any preferred manner.

In practice diamonds or other jewels or precious stones are set in theopening b of the crown-piece and also in the spaces 5 surrounding saidcentral opening, and the inner and side walls of the openings Z) and thefingers a of the base aserve to hold'said jewels or precious stones inposition, said parts being provided with the usual teeth or attachingprongs, which are not shown.

By making the base a and crown-piece b of separate parts, as hereindescribed, I am onabled to use two different materials in theconstruction of my improved cluster-setting for instance, the base-piecemay be made of gold and the crown-piece of platinum, or this arrangementmay be reversed, and in this way various efiects may thus be produced.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have shown my improved cluster-settingconnected with an ordinary finger-ring d, and in this operation thebase-piece of the setting is secured to the bezel d of the ring in theusual manner; but it will be apparent that the setting may be secured toa brooch, scarf-pin, or similar device in the same way.

My invention is not limited to the details of the forms of the separateparts of the setting as herein shown and described, and various changestherein and modifications thereof may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isp 1. A cluster-setting for diamondsand otherprecious stones, comprising a base-piece and a crown-piece, thebase-piece being circular in general form and provided withradiallyarranged and upwardly and outwardly directed fingers, and thecrown-piece being also circular in general form and provided withradially-arranged arms having laterally and In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as 10 my invention I have signed my name, in presence ofthe subscribing Witnesses, this 12th day of May, 1903.

FREDERICK W. ROHDE.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, i O. E. MULREANY.

